hadji
Americannoun
plural
hadjisnoun
Example Sentences
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To return to my relation: the Chinese hadji recovered, and I determined to punish the aggressors, for which purpose I seized an Illanun said to be concerned, but who was innocent.
From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry
Arrack is forbidden fruit to a hadji above all things else, so that nothing I could promise him would likely prove more tempting or acceptable, or be better appreciated!
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
The hadji would calm his listeners and tell them to get ready, but be still and await the sign.
From Rung Ho! by Mundy, Talbot
"Is it to me you speak, O hadji caliph?" at last stammered out Yussuf.
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick
She looked round and recognized the back of the hadji, hurrying away....
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Couperus, Louis
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